Cuspidor



(No Model 5 G. F. LA'RSENXE'B. A. S. NIELSEN.

' GUSPIDOR. No. 299,555. v Patented June 3, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIcE.

CHARLES F. LARSEN AND BERN'I A. S. NIELSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,555, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed February 7, 1854.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. LARSEN, a citizen of Sweden, and BERNT A. S. NIEL- SEN, a citizen of Norway, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Ouspidors, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to an improvement in cuspidors; and it consists in certain pecu1iarities of construction and arrangement whereby the device is more easily cleaned, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described,and pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of our invention, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

A represents the main body of our cuspidor, cast in one piece with the bottom A and any desired number of feet,a a, of some ornamental configuration. The bottom A is formed with an opening, a, which is closed or covered by a flanged disk, B, or false bottom, having locking-lugs b 1) formed upon it, which, when the disk is placed in position,pass through notches in the edge of the opening a, and when the disk is turned slightly the lugs catch under the bottom A and securely hold the disk in position, while allowing it to be readily taken out to facilitate the cleansing of the device. The upper edge of the main body or side A is formed with three or more short flanges, a which project inward, as seen in Fig. 2 and represented in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The top (No model.)

or cover 0 is formed, as usual, of cone shape, with a central opening, 0, and has also a flange, .0, fitting over the edge of the body A, as shown. The under side of this cover is also formed or provided with a number of projecting lugs, 0 whioh,when the cover is placed in position, are turned to engage with the flanges a? and hold the cover in place. It will be seen that the cover and removable bottom are both held firmly, but are quickly detached and cleaned.

While we prefer to cast the various parts of the device of metal, it is evident that they may be formed in any other way and of different material. The article will of course be given some ornamental design, and, if desired, casters may be placed under the feet, so'that it may be moved about the floor without danger of catching upon the carpet, &c.

Having thus fully described our invention, 7

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cuspidor, the main body A, having an opening, a, in its bot-tom, in combination with a flanged disk, B, provided'with lugsb 12, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cuspidor, the main body A A and legs or feet a a, cast in one piece, with the opening a and flanges a in combination with the disk B, having lugs 12, and cover 0, having flange o and lugs 0 substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. LARSEN. BERNI A. S. NIELSEN. Witnesses:

W. O. MOARTHUR, CHAS. KRESSMANN. 

